CHICAGO, Illinois (Agriculture Online)--As U.S. farmers prepare for the 2009 growing season, they realize putting their heads together on certain topics can ease some of their anxiety.

That's just what happened at this week's Agriculture Online Marketing Talk meeting here. From price-convergence to applying fertilizer, farmers from the major Corn Belt growing states offered insight into the challenges they face on certain issues in 2009.

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CHICAGO, Illinois (Agriculture Online)--As U.S. farmers prepare for the 2009 growing season, they realize putting their heads together on certain topics can ease some of their anxiety.